After Li Mubai finished speaking, he only said that Yang Fan would be surprised, but he didn't expect that his demeanor was calm, and he didn't have the slightest excitement. Li Mubai frowned, slowly stretched again, and said with a smile: "Erlang has been smooth sailing since he joined the office, and he has become a five-rank official at a young age, or do you think that the next step will be a smooth road?"

The old man might as well say bluntly, the higher this official goes, the more difficult it is to be promoted, and the higher he goes, the more difficult it is to have a vacant position for you. With your current level, you don't know how many people will compete with you if you go up to the next level, and all of them have deep backgrounds and strong connections, so it will be difficult for you to go further.

We can give you what the children of the Hanmen Shu clan lack the most after entering the officialdom: shili and connections! Wei Qing and Huo Quai, although their exploits are outstanding, how can Li Guangxian's exploits be weaker than them, why can they rise to prominence and have the opportunity to create greater merits, worship the generals, glorify the future, and shine in the annals of history, while Li Guang has a lot of fate and a miserable end?

Erlang wisely retreated from the Turkic army of 100,000, divided the Tubo kings to make them discordant, and quelled the rebellion of the barbarians in the south.

If you can be used by us, the merits you have built will one day be rewarded accordingly. Not to mention anything else, seven or eight out of ten of the Heavenly Sect are in the hands of our family, the mouthpiece of the imperial court is here, as long as we are willing, your reputation can spread all over the world in one day, even if it is the emperor, you cannot be denied the corresponding official position and rights.

Zheng Gong's eyes flashed slightly, and he chuckled: "Perhaps...... Jiro is worried that we will make Jiro do a lot of things against his will. ”

Cui Gongdao: "This does not conflict with Erlang's personal ambitions. A person reads poetry and books hard, strives to be heard, and what he seeks after entering the office is only his personal future, and then the future of his family's descendants. To do all this, he has to worship the teacher, marry the same year, and connect comrades, and there are few relatives who do not recognize themselves as a lonely minister, isn't this a 'family' that has both glory and loss.

A true family. The purpose and practice are similar. It's just that the scope of wanting to promote and help is not the comrades of the same year but the family, but a mediocre person sitting in an official position not only harms others but also harms himself, even if you want to promote and reuse him, we ourselves are unwilling, and the vision and bearing of the thousand-year-old family will not be so short-sighted.

Whether it is the pinnacle of personal future, or the inheritance of the family for thousands of generations. Peace and stability in the world are the most basic conditions for achieving all this, so if you want to seek the future of one person, the future of one family, and the future of one country, the interests are inherently the same.

The emperor wants to be eternal, and the family wants to have a permanent foundation and become famous for the officials. It's just that the abilities are different, the size of the wishes is different, and there is no difference in essence. So, you don't have to worry about us making you do something like a traitor. ”

Yang Fan smiled and said nothing, this can be recorded in the family tree, so that thousands of generations of descendants can boast of glorious achievements, for him, the temptation is really not much. Prime Minister of this dynasty. Look at the scenery. But it's too easy to become a prisoner, Yang Fan has been in the dynasty for a few years. Before and after, the prime ministers were killed, imprisoned, and exiled one after another.

There is Wu Zetian, a strong empress, and there are two martial arts eyeing each other, these prime ministers are not above tens of thousands of people under one person when they are in power, and their situation is more miserable than that of beggar Suoer when they are not in their reign, it is this kind of thing that has seen too much, so this is enough to impress the promise of the world, but Yang Fan is not shocked, he cares more about the actual power and interests.

Even if you are unknown in the world, you can control the life and death of others, what kind of freedom is that? What is the use of a false name other than satisfying one's own vanity? Of course, if you become a prime minister, you will inevitably have great power, but the prime minister who relies on people to support the top will never be as beautiful as Li Zhaode.

Li Zhaode himself is a son of a family, relying on his own ability and connections, he is not controlled by others, but Yang Fan is not, if he wants to rely on the help of the family to ascend to the stage, then he will inevitably become a puppet of the family. In the process of climbing step by step, I don't know how many secrets and handles are in the hands of the family, and the bigger his official does, the greater the degree of control by others.

Seeing him smiling silently, Cui Gong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said, "Why, isn't it enough to be so generous?" ”

Yang Fan said: "So, what does Yang need to do?" ”

Without waiting for them to answer, Yang Fan replied himself: "At this stage, it is natural to continue to be the enemy of the cool officials, on the one hand, to eradicate the cool officials who are very harmful to you, to establish your own reputation, and to win the praise of the government and the opposition, on the other hand, to vigorously cater to the policies that are beneficial to the family, such as household administration, agricultural administration, imperial examinations, academic administration, etc., waving the flag and shouting, and vigorously opposing the policies that are unfavorable to you. Next, if I can become a squire, a scholar or even a prime minister, I must share the glory and disgrace with the family in terms of major policies related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and advance and retreat together. ”

Cui Gong said in a deep voice: "All this is as beneficial as the country and the people, isn't this what you have always been aspiring to?" ”

Yang Fan said: "The interests of the country and the people are the same most of the time. Sometimes, however, in order to safeguard the interests of the country, it is necessary to harm the interests of the people. Most of the time, the interests of the court and the family are the same, but they are specific and subtle, and there will be times when they are inconsistent, or even conflicting. If I become one of yours, no matter who is right or wrong, and whether it is beneficial to me personally, I will have to bite the bullet and cheer for the family! ”

Zheng Gong said in a deep voice: "If you want to have something, you naturally have to pay!" ”

Yang Fan bowed his head leisurely and said: "What Zheng Gong said is very true, if you want to gain, you naturally have to pay. However, the costs and benefits must be negotiated before someone can do it. Prime minister? Ha! For Yang, the position of prime minister is not tempting. ”

Cui Gong shrugged and said: "The conditions of a supreme minister can't make you tempted?" What do you want? ”

Yang Fan said: "Hehe, a microphone for a very human minister? This matter was originally part of Jiang Gongzi's responsibility, right? Now you are taking out this part of the officialdom and leaving it to one person to take care of. For Jiang Gongzi, it is not actually to weaken his power, but to get rid of the part that hinders his actions, and he can do things more freely.

And for me, no matter what I do, everything I want to use, everything I want to achieve, comes from Jiang Gongzi. I'm just his mouth, his hands, and he controls what I say or do. Unfortunately, I am not as important as his real mouth and hands. If you don't need it, you can always swap it out, or ...... Sacrifice! That's not what I want. ”

Li Mubai was very surprised, he thought that the benefits he gave Yang Fan were already something that every official dreamed of, Yang Fan had no reason not to agree, but Yang Fan just didn't agree. This was really unexpected. It was also unexpected by all the bigwigs of the family present.

They thought that such a rich reward could make Yang Fan sincerely frightened and cry, but Yang Fan's attitude towards the position of a prime minister at the moment was just like what he said about playing poetry compared with the great skills of Jingwei and national politics, just like a child playing with mud.

The heads of the high doors of the families and the owners of the valves looked at each other. Some don't know how to speak.

Zuihou or Li Mubai took a deep breath and asked slowly, "So, what do you want?" ”

Yang Fan raised a finger and said, "There is only one thing I want!" ”

"You say!"

"Jiang Gongzi's position!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard this, and then they all gathered together.

Yang Fan's request, to them, was like the Buddha hearing that the stubborn Sun Monkey had erected the flag of the Monkey King. It is as ridiculous to sit in the seat of the Jade Emperor. A group of old men shook their heads with a smile. Don't even bother to get angry. If something is ridiculously unreasonable, how can they be angry?

Li Mubai couldn't help laughing. He forced a smile and coughed, and said, "Erlang is thoughtful and has a calm temperament, so he won't make such a nonsensical request." Hehe, Erlang said this, in fact, he just wants us to give you a guarantee, right? Don't worry, as long as you agree to our request, you are your own person, and all the old grudges between you and the Lu family are nothing. Jiang Gongzi will never retaliate, and will do his best to defend you. ”

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "Mrs. Li misunderstood, Yang is not joking. The position of a prime minister can't move me, and in my eyes, the prime minister is just a ball of mud. Jiang Gongzi has been sitting in this seat for a long time, and it's time for a different person and a new atmosphere.

Li Mubai's face sank and said, "Ridiculous! How can you control the heirs? ”

Yang Fan said with a straight face: "The elders want to exchange a ball of mud for Yang's service, why don't Yang think it's ridiculous?" Only when Yang is in charge of the 'Succession Hall' can decide all actions independently without harming the interests of the family, can he do everything without losing his freedom, and do everything from his heart without violating his wishes!

The sea is inclusive, and there is tolerance. If the Maison is so xenophobic, then I can only cooperate conditionally when my goals are the same as those of the Maison, and at other times I will do my own thing, without interfering with each other, so that I will become a vassal without my own opinions, and I will refuse! ”

After saying some loud words, the color on Yang Fan's face quickly became gentle, and he got up and waved to the many elders in the hall, and said with a smile: "Today is the birthday of Mrs. Li, since the words are not speculative, this matter will not be discussed first, if it disturbs the old lady's birthday, the younger generation will be guilty!" The proposal of the juniors is also invited to discuss carefully after the dinner and say goodbye. ”

Yang Fan said, and with a group of words, he walked out of the hall with a step, took a step and chanted, and blurted out a five-character poem:

"The fetus is immortal, and the long song is in Jiugao.

Empty and scatter the clearing, and reflect the frost hairs of the sun.

Thousands of miles of Liao Kuo, thousands of mountains look at the Tao.

The incense condenses and the light is gone, and the wind accumulates rhyme.

Where can the phoenix couples climb, and the chickens think about it.

Ascension to heaven if there is a response, flying out of basil! ”

Yang Fan chanted, took a step, halfway through the reading, the person had already left the hall, zuihou a sentence "ascend to heaven if there is a response, flying out of basil" when it reached everyone's ears, the voice was curling, it really seemed to come from nine days away. This rammer, when others want to compare poems with him, he doesn't open his mouth. Now there is a one-step poem, and there are twelve sentences, which is really more majestic than Cao Zijian!

The opportunity to pay homage to the prime minister, this is an official position that Yang Fan has never had the opportunity to climb in his life, but in his eyes, it is as unbearable as a ball of mud, and now he casually throws such an even more amazing ball of mud, which makes everyone stunned, only Ning Ke Yanran, there is a little pride in his eyes.

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~(To be continued.) )